CONTENTS XI 



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SECTION-CUTTING BY THE FREEZING METHOD - 2l6 



STAINING AND MOUNTING FROZEN SECTIONS 2l8 



THE PARAFFIN PROCESS 2IQ 



DEHYDRATION - - 22O 



CLARIFICATION - - 22O 



INFILTRATION WITH PARAFFIN - - 22O 



CASTING THE BLOCKS - - 221 



CUTTING THE SECTIONS V 221 



STAINING AND MOUNTING PARAFFIN SECTIONS - 223 



PART II 

 H^MATOLOGY 



ESTIMATION OF THE AMOUNT OF HAEMOGLOBIN - - 229 

 CLINICAL APPLICATIONS - 234 

 ESTIMATION OF THE RED CORPUSCLES - 235 

 ESTIMATION OF THE NUMBER OF LEUCOCYTES - 248 

 THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE LEUCO- 

 CYTES AND RED CORPUSCLES ~ 254 

 FIXATION OF BLOOD-FILMS - - 258 

 STAINING BLOOD-FILMS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THEIR 



CELLS - 259 



DIFFERENTIAL LEUCOCYTE COUNT - - 262 

 DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS OF THE BLOOD-COUNT AS A 



WHOLE - - 273 



PART III 



CYTO-DIAGNOSIS 



CYTO-DIAGNOSIS - -: 290 



CELLS MET WITH IN EXUDATES '-*- 292 



PLEURITIC EFFUSIONS -* 294 



PERITONEAL EXUDATES .? 298 



THE MENINGES - 299 



INDEX - - - - - - - 304 



